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Definitions
necessitating a choice between mutually exclusive possibilities
Word origin
From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). By surface analysis, alternate + -ive. Compare alternate.
Used in a sentence
“an alternative proposition”
“There are two alternative theories as to why this phenomenon occurs.”
“Reason would seem to dictate that it was an alternative offer,—either to receive $15,000 if the grantor perform the condition or $12,000 if he did not perform the condition.”
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